Honoring the Land at the Audubon Raptor Weekend

Sachem Po Pummukaonk Anoggs of the Pokanoket Tribe/Pokanoket Nation was invited to offer a Land Honoring at start of the Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium‘s annual Raptor Weekend in Bristol, RI on September 10, 2022. Click here for a 9-minute video of her presentation.

(Above, center) Center Director Anne DiMonti welcomes Sachem Tracey “Dancing Star” Brown to the start of the annual weekend-long event.

Dancing Star starts the event with a story about how birds got their songs and concludes by singing azabache wooni, an Algonquin thanksgiving song.